Input is requested from members of The Episcopal Church for a questionnaire that will form the foundation of the church’s presence and participation at the 2014 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, March 10-21, 2014. The questionnaire is located here The priority theme for the 2014 UNCSW is “Challenges and achievements…

  Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church, has announced the appointment of the Rev. Canon Mark Stevenson as Domestic Poverty Missioner on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). In this position, Stevenson will be responsible for work related to Anglican Mark of Mission 4, The transformation of…

The deadline for applications for the 2014 Roanridge Trust Award Grants is nearing – September 1. Roanridge Trust Award Grants are awarded annually for creative models for leadership development, training and ministries in small towns and rural communities across the Episcopal Church. Dioceses, congregations and Episcopal related organizations and institutions are invited to apply for…

The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of New Jersey that Bishop-Elect William ‘Chip’ H. Stokes has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As outlined under Canon III.11.4 (a), the Presiding Bishop confirmed the receipt of consents from a majority of bishops with…

The Governance of The Episcopal Church: The following information is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. General Convention 2015 is two years away, but Executive Council’s 2016-2018 triennium budget preparation process is well underway. “The new budget process is really a visionary budget process,” Executive Council member the Rev….

Wayfarer, the Episcopal Church Office of Communication new iBook series, is available at iBooks for free downloading here “Wayfarer lets us go a little deeper and tell longer, compelling stories through multimedia,” noted Mike Collins, Manager of Multimedia Services in the Office of Communication of The Episcopal Church and Wayfarer producer.  “There are many great…

At its meeting in June, The Episcopal Church Executive Council adopted new proxy voting guidelines. Episcopal Church treasurer Kurt Barnes explained that the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) Proxy Voting Policy is based on the Church’s longstanding engagement in shareholder activism. “The Episcopal Church shareholder resolutions engage in dialogues with corporations regarding social issues…

At the invitation of Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will visit the General Synod July 3 and 4 in Ottawa. Additionally, this year’s General Synod will be the first-ever Joint Assembly with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. More than 800 Anglicans, Lutherans,…

The Episcopal Church Office of Development will present the Fall 2013 Fundraising Symposium – It’s All About Money! – on Thursday and Friday, September 26 and 27. Designed for directors of development at dioceses, congregations, and other Episcopal organizations, as well as clergy interested in parish/diocesan fundraising, It’s All About Money! will be held at…

The Executive Council, currently meeting in Baltimore, MD, elected Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands, to serve as the Episcopal Church lay representative on the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). Ballentine is the chancellor of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands since 1995 and has been a deputy to General Convention since…